Longtime New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died Tuesday morning, his family confirmed in a statement.
"It is with profound sadness that the family of George M. Steinbrenner III announces his passing. He passed away this morning in Tampa, Fla., at age 80," the family said in a statement.
"He was an incredible and charitable man. First and foremost he was devoted to his entire family -- his beloved wife, Joan; his sisters, Susan Norpell and Judy Kamm, his children, Hank, Jennifer Jessica and Hal; and all of his grandchildren.
"He was a visionary and a giant in the world of sports. He took a great but struggling franchise and turned it into a champion again."
The Steinbrenner family said that funeral arrangements will be private, however details about an additional public service will be announced at a later date.
The New York Daily News reported that Steinbrenner died around 6:30 a.m. ET Tuesday in Tampa, Fla.
WABC-TV in New York reported that Steinbrenner, the Yankees' owner since 1973, suffered a massive heart attack.
Steinbrenner, who celebrated his 80th birthday on July 4, was taken to a Tampa hospital after emergency crews responded to his home Monday night.
Steinbrenner gave his sons, Hal and Hank, day-to-day control of the team in late 2007.
He told The Associated Press last week that he was "feeling good" after spending a couple hours in his office at the Yankees' spring training complex.
Under his ownership, the Yankees have won 11 AL pennants and seven World Series titles.
No question, one of the hottest rappers repping New York right now is Vado. Straight out of Harlem, he talks about how he became affiliated with Cam'Ron and the origin of the slang "slime".
"When I was locked up, I'd tell a n*gga like what up slime? He like 'you a funny n*gga'. N*ggas know it's all love though. I been meaning to explain to the world what "slime" is. Slime stand for Street Life Intelligence and Money Is Everything, bottom line. So I say sliiiiime, slimettes, slime screw, slime commitee."
It seems as if Vado just emerged from out of nowhere. His buzz has picked up speed since getting down with Cam'Ron's U.N. But Vado explains that he was grinding way before that, putting in work with Young Money artist, Jae Millz.
"Shout out to Jae Millz, that's like my brother, my slime partner. You know, regular sh*t, we grew up together. So I came in with him, he was doing his thing. Automatically he came to me, he was on mad cyphers killin' it. We was battling n*ggas on that sh*t. So that was kinda like my breakthrough as far as showing people I could spit."
"As far as my association with U.N./Dipset, it's just a big round table. Cam definitely broght me out at Summer Jam, he didn't have to do that. That n*gga believe in me and that's one thing he know talent. He let me do me in the booth. He don't tell me how to rap, format, nothing, he just let me go off."
Be on the lookout for Vado's 'Slime Flu' mixtape coming soon.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Metro Transit Police say 19-year-old William Jackson, of Washington, D.C., wearing a bus operator's uniform, walked into the bus storage area on Bladensburg Road, and drove away with bus number 9318.
Investigators believe the youth began running the B-2 route toward Anacostia, and stopped for passengers. The accused thief is apparently cooperating with investigators. "According to Mr. Jackson, all eight passengers that he picked up did pay their fare," Transit Police Captain Ronald Pavlik explained to reporters. "He simply had a fascination with buses."
The bus Jackson was driving hit some large tree limbs at the corner of 17th and Massachusetts Ave., SE. The bus kept going after the violent encounter with the tree, and that caused some witnesses to call 911. Jackson parked the bus a few blocks away, near the Potomac Avenue Metro station, and walked away. He was apprehended about a block away, wearing a bus operator's uniform and a high visibility safety vest, which are now standard issue for bus drivers.
It is unclear where the teen got the uniform. Police are also investigating how he managed to get into the bus yard where security officers are supposed to require everyone to produce a Metro ID badge.
No one was apparently injured in the adventure, although the passengers on the bus had left by the time Transit Police found the vehicle.
Jackson is charged with fleeing the scene of an accident and unauthorized use of a vehicle.
There are two gates at the Bladensburg Road bus yard. For about 15 minutes Saturday, one day after the bus theft, the side entrance was left unattended for at least 15 minutes. A Fox Five reporter walked unchallenged into the entrance.
Metro Transit Police Captain Pavlik says that's "embarrassing" and will become part of the investigation of security at bus storage facilities.
Whoopi Goldberg thinks longtime friend Mel Gibson is not a racist - he's just a "bonehead."
Despite Gibson's profanity-laced, racially charged tirade during a secretely taped phone conversation with ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, Goldberg defended her friend on Monday's episode of "The View."
"I know Mel, and I know he's not a racist," she said. "I have had a long friendship with Mel. You can say he's being a bonehead, but I can't sit and say that he's a racist having spent time with him in my house with my kids."
Goldberg was quick to add, however, that she does not condone her pal's actions.
"I don't like what he's done," she said. "Make no mistake."
When co-host Joy Behar asked Goldberg if she thinks Gibson is anti-semitic, she replied, "I think he's an a--hole," quickly covering her mouth before the full word escaped her lips.
Goldberg also added that alcohol was to blame for Gibson's actions during his 2006 DUI arrest in which the actor made anti-semitic remarks to a police officer.
"Drunks say stupid stuff to people all the time ... because they're drunk, they're out of control, they're not thinking, they're idiotic," Goldberg said.
However, the talk show host doesn't think alcohol was responsible for Gibson's rant that was released Friday on RadarOnline.com.
In the audio recording, Gibson is heard exploding at his ex, who is also the mother of his 8-month-old daughter, Lucia.
"You look like a f---ing pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of n----rs, it will be your fault," said Gibson, who also repeatedly referred to Grigorieva as a "whore," a "c--t" and a "b---h" in the tapes.
After a string of vile epithets, Gibson tells Grigorieva, "I don't trust you. I don't love you. I don't want you ... And I will take care of my child but I don't want you anymore."
"This rant?" Goldberg said. "I don't think he's drunk on this rant."
More of Gibson's hurtful words can be heard in another taped recording that was released Monday on Radar. The actor not only admits to hitting Grigorieva, he also threatens her life – twice.
"I'll put you in a f---ing rose garden you c--t! You understand that? Because I'm capable of it. You understand that?" he rantsed.
Gibson, 54, and Grigorieva, 40, filed dueling restraining orders against each other last month, and police are now investigating the dispute
Jennifer Lopez is facing a $40 million lawsuit for scrapping a controversial show in Cyprus.
The singer was billed to perform at the opening of new hotel complex Cratos Premium in the Turkish Cypriot part of the popular tourist destination on July 24, the same day as the 36th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of the European island.
Her decision to stage the show was slammed by officials at the Cyprus Action Network of America, and Lopez subsequently withdrew from the gig.
But it could cost her dearly -- the chief executive of the Turkish company which runs the hotel is threatening to go to court to claim damages of up to $40 million.
Boss Murat Bozoglu says, "The contract has not been terminated. If she does not show up for the concert, we will begin a procedure in the courts to claim 35-40 million dollars in damages.
"The cancellation ... is not covered by any clause in the contract she signed with us."
When Swizz Beatz and T.I. link up in the lab, the result will probably be epic. First, they landed Tip a smash single with "Bring Em Out," then they trumped themselves with "Swing Ya Rag" from Paper Trail.
The pair recently collaborated on the King of the South's upcoming King Uncaged.
"What we just did is bigger than those," Swizz said about the two new records he produced for Tip. "It's bigger than 'Swing Ya Rag,' it's bigger than all of those. We're growing as artists. That's one of the things I wanted to focus on with Tip, was: 'We did that already. We don't need to compete with nobody. You up there.' Everything we gotta do, we gotta stay leaders. That's how we got to where we at now. He gave me his OK on that. Gave me the clear lane. And we're gone. Trust me on that. The first joint, it's nice. Crazy! The second joint is taking the world over. It's a positive message, and I'll let him explain the rest of the story, because he would be glad to. [It's] very musical, but still with that swag in it."
T.I. completed a yearlong prison sentence in March for weapons charges. Swizz said one of their collaborations delves into that experience.
"The other one is more heartfelt," the producer said. "Story to tell. Think about the real things that's going on in the world. He just finished dealing with a real situation. Besides his situation, there's a million of other real situations going on in the world. So the feel is more worldly. African congas, symphony violins, what I told I was gonna do. I told y'all I was gonna switch the sound thing up."
Key Collaborations: "Bodega Stories" (featuring the LOX); "With Me" (featuring Nas); and "The Corner" (featuring Avery Storm)
Essential Info: N.O.R.E. says he's grown volumes since his debut, 1997's The War Report, but he couldn't stray too far from his roots on the sequel, released Tuesday (July 13).
"We ain't make something for the radio and we didn't make something for the clubs. We just really made something for the streets," Nore explained to Mixtape Daily.
"Originally, when we made The War Report, I didn't know that Manhattan existed. I didn't know that there was a Brazil. I never been to a Brazil when I made War Report. I might have never been to Brooklyn — I was Queens-ed out! Every verse I wrote, when I wrote for War Report, it was for my 'hood or for Queens. It really was for nothing else, because I never saw nothing else. That's why when you hear that [first album], you be like, 'This dude needs to travel.' It's like, wow, 'Lefrak, Lefrak, Iraq' all over it.
"You can't knock me because I never went anywhere," Nore continued. "The worst people in the 'hood are the people who never go anywhere. Those are the most miserable people because they don't plan on never going nowhere. That's who that kid was [on that album]. That kid you hear spitting on The War Report, he never went nowhere. The furthest he went was to Jamaica — and I mean Queens, not the island. I wasn't crossing these bridges."
While making the new LP, Nore was cognizant that he couldn't be the same rough-around-the-edges teenager again.
"So when I went back and did it this time, I said, 'I have to be cautious. I can't act like that. I done seen the world,' " he remembered.
Asked which War Report 2 cuts he holds in the highest regard, N.O. started with the album's lead record.
"My favorite joint is 'Pain' and 'Brother From Another,' " the LeFrak, Queens, veteran said. " 'Pain' is just like, you know when you get on the Scream Machine [at Six Flags Great Adventure], and there's a certain feel you get in your stomach, 'cause you know, for guys, our ba--s come up. Your ba--s twitter. When I hear 'Pain,' that's that feeling I get over there. It's a certain feeling like, 'Holy sh--. It's about to drop.' "
"Nah, 'Pain' is ill," Nore's partner for 20 years, Capone, offers up. "The first time I heard 'Pain,' I got goose bumps. That song, if you close your eyes and turn off all the lights, you might get scared listening to that joint. We got a joint called 'The Oath.' When you think of an oath, you think of pricked fingers. When you hear this record, you gonna definitely feel like you took an oath. Like you down with us, like you took an oath to be down with C-N-N."
" 'My Attribute' is a great performance record. It's uptempo, has energy. 'Hood Pride' will be a great performance record," Nore added.
With the release of War Report 2, the friendship between these two Queens natives comes full circle. Their bond stood the test of time, and the duo still has many years ahead of them.
"For me, it's like Nore said, our friendship is always gonna get tested," 'Pone explained. "Everybody knows at one point, our friendship got tested. That was publicly noticeable. But we came back stronger. A lot of people, their friendship gets tested. ... When you have a brother and you get older, y'all not always gonna live together for the rest of your life: You move out the house, he goes one way, you go the other way. But y'all still brothers."
This is part two of Gloria Velez' interview with MajorMovesDVD. Peep partone HERE
Gloria is an actress/rapper/model who is fast becoming known for speaking her mind no matter who it offends.
Glo has been going in on Nicki Minaj nonstop for the last several months. After releasing a diss track titled "Roger That" accusing the Young Money femcee of being a gimmick. She added Drake to her list, calling him a b*tch for coming to Nicki's defense in her beef with Lil Kim.
Now Glo is speaking her mind about incarcerated rapper Remy Ma.
She tells CEO Money Joe that Remy "irrelevant". Seems the two had issues before Remy went to prison.
"She [Remy Ma] told Funk Flex she didn't like me. I mean come on how do you just not like somebody and want to fight them? Alright then we can do it, let's pop it off, alright b*tch. I'll be damed if I'll be afraid of anybody."
Glo also goes in on her ex, Joe Budden. Accusing the Slaughterhouse rapper of using women to keep his name relevant.
"He's using women to keep his name in the public eye all over the internet," Gloria tell Major Moves. "He's using these females, that have some type of name, that are doing something and that are pretty and these girls don't understand that he's using them. He used Tacera, Tacara [Tahiry] whatever that girl's name is that he was living with. He used her with her [big] butt, then he used Somaya [Reece] and now he's using Esther [Baxter].
She criticizes Nicki Minaj for being a fake bisexual, claiming the Queens rapper is just saying it to be like Lady Gaga because in reality she "really likes d*ck".
There's a lot more to the interview, so peep it below.
Before it was released, Eminem's Recovery was touted as a great comeback vehicle after the so-so showing that was Relapse (which was supposed to be his other comeback vehicle). It appears as though everybody was right, as Recovery has been greeted by enthusiastic buyers (it has already sold over a million copies) and already has a chart-topping single ("Not Afraid"). In fact, it could be scoring its second #1 single very soon, as "Love the Way You Lie" — Slim Shady's collaboration with Rihanna — has rocketed up the Billboard Hot 100 and is looking to dislodge Katy Perry's "California Gurls" from its perch.
"Love the Way You Lie" is something of a departure for Eminem, as he doesn't typically follow the hip-hop trope of spitting some verses and then letting the female singer handle the hook in the chorus. But it's a brutally honest, heart-on-his-sleeve series of verses, and Rihanna's appearance is a sweet respite from the swirling angst surrounding her. It's quite possible that "Love the Way You Lie" is the best female collaboration in Eminem's career. How does it stack up to his other mixed tag-team partners?
Pink
Of course, it's possible that Eminem's team-up with Rihanna isn't even the best collaboration with a woman on that album. "Won't Back Down" puts Pink's tough girl aesthetic to excellent use, matching her up with a cranking guitar-infused beat full of piss and vinegar. "Won't Back Down" is so badass that former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell used it as his entrance music during his fight with Rich Franklin a few weeks back.
Dido
Eminem's signature team-up track (on the classic "Stan," from 2000's The Marshall Mathers LP) also uses his guest's vibe correctly, as Dido croons the song's haunting hook with an ethereal chill. Though Dido was not famous when "Stan" came out, she certainly elevated her profile after the track became a hit. (Her 1999 album No Angel — which contained "Thank You," the track from which the sample from "Stan" came — ended up going platinum four times.)
Dina Rae
Though not a star in her own right, Eminem has tapped singer Dina Rae for more collaborations than any other female artist. Rae has provided backing vocals and hook work on "Cum On Everybody" (from The Slim Shady LP), "Drug Ballad" (from The Marshall Mathers LP) and "Superman" (from The Eminem Show).
Hailie Jade
The other female voice heard pretty often on Eminem's albums? Daughter Hailie Jade, who actually got a "featuring" credit on The Eminem Show's "My Dad's Gone Crazy" (she half-sings the song's hook).
So who is the best female Eminem collaborator? Vote in the poll below and leave your arguments in the comments!
I thought Mel Gibson was coming off the hinges because of his outrageous behavior over the last several years.
He's proven that he is an unapologetic racist with insults to Jews, Black & Hispanics.
It's also clear this man is a lunatic mysogynist on the verge of a mental breakdown who enjoys beating up and threatening women.
In a just released tape, Mel can be heard screaming at the tops of his lungs at his baby's mom, Oksana Grigorieva.
During one exchange he makes a death threat, telling Oksana, "I’ll put you in a f *ckin rose garden you c*nt! You understand that? Because I’m capable of it. You understand that?”.
He also tells her she needs a "f*cking bat in the side of the head.”
This dude needs a mental evaluation, he's rambling and breathing hard like some lunatic on the verge of a meltdown.
Check out the tape below, it reveals a man becoming unhinged.
Christina Milian and The-Dream have decided to separate, his rep confirms to UsMagazine.com.
"Terius 'The-Dream' Nash is saddened to announce that his marriage to Christina Milian was unsuccessful. The couple reached this decision in late 2009, but decided to keep the news private in efforts to protect their baby daughter Violet. They ask for consideration and respect for their family moving forward," his rep tells Us.
The split confirmation comes as racy photos surface of The-Dream and his assistant of about a year, Melissa Santiago, frolicking in the Caribbean.
The producer and singer (who released his third album, Love King, on June 29), 32, proposed to Milian, 28, in July 2009 with a six-carat diamond ring from Ivanka Trump's jewelry line. The couple eloped last September in Las Vegas, and said "I Do" a second time in Rome in December shortly before deciding to separate. They welcomed daughter Violet five months ago.
In April, Milian told Us Weekly that her baby girl has "a lot of personality! She laughs a lot!" She had already lost 27 of the 45 pounds she gained while expecting by "eating salads like crazy," she said.
The-Dream has three children from a previous marriage to singer Nivea.
Police charged a father with murder Sunday, accusing him of beating his 6-year-old to death because the boy would not fall asleep.
Police say the fatal, eight-hour beating was the final episode in at least two weeks of abuse that Tekerrious Jackson suffered since coming to spend the summer with his father, 34-year-old Alex McGowen Duncan.
“This has got to be one of the most horrifying and heartbreaking cases I’ve ever seen,’’ Houston Police Department Homicide Division detective Sgt. Brian Harris said. “The saddest thing is, that because of the unconditional love he had for his father, the child would often tell him, ‘I love you daddy.’”
Duncan would force Tekerrious — who was called TK — to get on his knees and raise his arms above his head when the child didn’t go to sleep, police said. Harris said Duncan would then proceed to repeatedly punch the child in the chest.
“If (Duncan) didn’t see him with his eyes closed or saw him wink, he would beat him,” Harris said.
Saturday night started the same way, police say. Duncan put TK to bed around 7 p.m. on one of the two mattresses in the small efficiency apartment in the 4900 block of Polk. Duncan shared the one-room unit with his girlfriend, 30-year-old Tammyra Sampson, and her 11-year-old daughter, Harris said.
After Duncan saw TK’s eyes flutter, he forced the boy onto his knees and ordered him to raise his arms above his head and clasp his hands together, Harris said.
Every time TK became tired and lowered his arms or gave an unsatisfactory answer to a question his father asked, he would get what Duncan described to investigators as “chest boxing,” a flurry of punches to the chest and the rest of the body, Harris said.
Daughter was witness
Harris said the beating continued until 3 a.m. with Sampson and her daughter witnessing the entire event. Harris said Sampson only intervened once to “show” him how to properly discipline a child with a belt.
“She said ‘I stopped him and said ‘If you’re gonna whoop him, let me show you the proper way to whoop him,’’’ he said.
At one point, TK soiled himself, Harris said.
“That sent the father into even more of a rage,” he said.
Shortly afterward, TK began to have what appeared to be a seizure. An ambulance was called and the boy was taken to Texas Children’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Initially, Duncan, who has a history of drug charges dating to 1995, told police that the bruising was from attempting to revive the child from the seizure by slapping him and giving him chest thrusts.
His story, however, did not match the 11-year-old child’s graphic demonstration to police of the beating or Sampson’s statements.
During his interview, Duncan told investigators that he beat the boy in order to show his son how to “man up.”
“He said he was trying to teach him discipline, so he would make good choices,” Harris said, adding that Duncan would also hit Sampson’s daughter, but not as severely because she was a girl.
Duncan is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday. Sampson, who has a criminal history and history with Child Protective Services, has also been charged with injury to a child causing serious bodily injury by omission.
Both are in Harris County Jail with a bond of $50,000 each.
Tomas Rodriguez stands in his doorway next door to the apartment where 6-year-old Tekerrious Jackson was beaten to death. Neighbors were shocked by the boy's death
With father for summer
Duncan had gone about three years without seeing his son before calling the boy’s mother to say he wanted to be a part of the boy’s life again, Harris said.
The child’s mother agreed to let him stay with his father for the summer. When she left TK in late May, Duncan was living with his mother in the 5300 block of Coke. TK’s mother had not been able to get in contact with them and had no idea they had moved to the residence on Polk with Sampson but was assured that her son was OK by Duncan’s mother.
Neighbors in the small apartment complex were shocked by the news of the child’s death. They said the couple had moved in only a few weeks ago.
“There are people who pay lots of money to have kids. They take medicine so they can have kids and pay money to have other people’s kids,” said one neighbor, who wished to remain anonymous. “How can someone take the life of their own child?”
CPS is investigating and has placed the 11-year-old child with her paternal grandmother.
Zoe Saldana is one beautiful Latina woman. Is she as hot as Eva Mendes? I guess we'll be finding out soon as she has replaced Eva as Calvin Klein's new underwear model.
Zoe has been on a roll of late, starring in a string of movies like 'Death At A Funeral', 'The Losers', 'Avatar' and 'Star Wars'.
Now the New Jersey born actress will do her best to be as provocative as Eva has been for Calvin Klein.
"Calvin Klein has always put forth such beautifully executed campaigns," the recently engaged actress said in a statement. "It's very exciting for me to be associated with such an iconic, globally recognized brand like Calvin Klein Underwear."
The new ads, shot by fashion photographer Mikael Jansson roll out in October
WOMEN in burkas line up with AK47 assault rifles - as a shocking new terror threat linked to al-Qaeda is unveiled.
The female fanatics hid under traditional Muslim dress to be paraded for the first time at an extremist rally in Somalia.
They displayed their gun skills to a baying mob in the capital Mogadishu, demanding the withdrawal of foreign peace-keepers in the shattered African state.
The women have been drafted in to one of the most hardline terror networks, al-Shabaab, or Youth of the Mujahideen. It is linked to suicide bombings and murders of dozens of aid workers.
A British intelligence source said: "The recruitment of these women shows how ruthless the terrorists are prepared to be."
Tila Tequila won't get the Celebrity Rehab treatment, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
After being the first to sign onto Dr. Drew Pinsky's life-saving cable television show, the trouble-prone reality TV star has withdrawn from the program, which is expected to begin filming later this month.
"No," was the simple and short statement RadarOnline.com received from Tila's management, when we questioned if she was still to appear on the show.
Her manager refused to go into more detail about the circumstances behind her withdrawal.
But RadarOnline.com has learned the show's producers are not 'unhappy' about the decision.
The decision follows RadarOnline.com's revelation that the bi-sexual star was photographed with disturbing cut marks on both her arms.
At the time, a medical expert told us the marks were scars and were self-inflicted.
"These are self-mutilation scars," Dr. Joseph Haraszati, who had not treated Tila, told RadarOnline.com.
"It looks like there are some burn marks too... cutting and burning are a common combination among women."
Tila had claimed she woke up to find her arm gushing with blood.
It raised reports of a suicide attempt and Tila chose to blame it on her alter ego "Jane."
It is a major blow for Tila and Dr. Drew's high-profile show for VH1; the star was poised to be one of their main attractions, in the fourth series that failed to attract major names despite an attempt to recruit such luminaries as Lindsay Lohan and Heather Locklear.
Tila, who had a self-admitted prescription pill problem, was to get treatment for her addiction to snorting the sleep aid Ambien, as RadarOnline.com has reported.
"She would base her entire day around it," one insider had told RadarOnline.com. "She would wake up, snort ambien, Google herself, do more, Twitter all day and then sleep."
In trumpeting her sign-on, Tila had claimed that VH1 was also considering giving her a spinoff show about her sober life, should Celebrity Rehab go well.
"I know I am an extremely smart girl and to run all these empires when I am not even 30 yet, is quite an accomplishment, however I finally admitted to myself that I cannot rely on taking prescription pills everyday for the rest of my life!" Tila wrote, at the time of the announcement.
It's unclear if Tila will still seek help for her troubles.
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